http://411posters.com/tag/bernie-wrightson/A link to a number of Wrightson pages that were apparently re-issued for sale in 2013.
Of particular interest, Wrightson's "The Stand" portfolio from the early 1980's, adapting Stephen King's novel. I recall that they were eventually reprinted in a later hardcover extended version of the novel, restoring some initially deleted sections (and the book is quite long to begin with!)
THE STAND was Wrightson's favorite Stephen King novel, and one he said in an interview with Gary Groth he'd re-read many times. The illustrations I'm sure were a labor of love on Wrightson's part.
Wrightson really earned his reputation as a master horror artist with this "Dark as a Dungeon" interpretation of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre film.
It was originally the cover of some small-print horror film fanzine, that I've seen listed on Ebay occasionally. A disturbing image, but somehow aesthetically beautiful and expertly rendered down to the last pen-stroke.
Both
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the novel and movie
Psycho, and
Silence of the Lambs, were inspired by the real-life serial killer Ed Gein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_GeinHard to believe these were not just a grisly fantasy, but based on horrific events that actually happened.
